A group of students at Bentley University recently founded a microfinance group intended to provide loans for small start-up companies in or around the Boston area. The organization, Bentley Microfinance Group was first founded in… Read More...

After nearly a year of searching, the committee has hired Hamilton College Professor Chad Williams to serve as chair of the African and Afro-American Studies Department (AAAS). He will replace Professor Faith Smith, who had… Read More...

The campus and lamp posts around the SCC have been yarn-bombed with vibrant multi colored knit for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts. Kinetic sculpture pieces have been put up within the student… Read More...

After more than a day of voting that was open to the entire study body, regardless of religious affiliation, Allie Saran ’13 was elected president of the Hillel Executive Student Board.
The new campus relations… Read More...

The university announced this year’s recipients of the Sprout Grants, ranging from mobile apps to the potential detection of dirty bombs. The Sprout Grant program was designed to promote innovation and entrepreneurship within the Brandeis… Read More...

A panel of scholars discussed the relevance of the two-state solution in regard to negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians in an event April 3 hosted by the Crown Center for Middle East Studies.
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Former computer science Professor David Waltz died March 22 of brain cancer. He was 68.
Professor Waltz had been a member of the faculty at Brandeis for nine years before working at Columbia University. Waltz… Read More...

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Brandeis librarians called for a fair contract in a rally in front of administrative building Bernstein-Marcus, joined by supportive students and union representatives. The librarians have been in negotiations with the university for over eight months. brandeishoot.com/201…pic.twitter.com/JgEU…

“Rebelle stands out because it represents the whole African diaspora,” says Fatoumata Diaboula ’20, the Afro-Caribbean dance team’s captain. Read more about the cultural dance group in Polina Potochevska’s feature. brandeishoot.com/201…pic.twitter.com/powF…

Immigration: A humanitarian crisis is occurring at the U.S.-Mexico border as thousands of asylum seekers arrive from countries across Central America with no support from either the U.S. or Mexican governments. brandeishoot.com/201…pic.twitter.com/HFUR…